Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The company actually requested a LOA to lower pilot pay 5% prior to the contract after they cut all non contract pay 5%. We basically agreed if we could have a industry standard jumpseat. The company refused. We ended up asking for a Delta pilot only internal jumpseat and still the company said no. I was a recently displaced pilot soon to be commuting and Ron Allen stopped in our training class during a break. I asked why we could not get a jumpseat as it would be a big benefit with the displacements happening. He put his finger in my chest and replied that he would shut Delta down before he would give us the jumpseat. I knew then we were in deep trouble with a CEO with that thought process!
Yeah, that sounds exactly like Ron Allen. Im sure he had an orgasm when he was able to furlough Delta pilots in 1993. He sent out no-notice immediate furlough letters and then had to walk it back as the contract required a 60 day notice.
To be fair though, the no jumpseat policy preceded Ron Allen. He just refused to change with the times like every other airline had done.